A Friendship, Two Idioms, One Vision
Contrary to the image of great thinkers working in splendid isolation, two of the giants of twentieth century religious thought had a sustained and deep fr iendship. Martin Buber and Paul Tillich met in Germany in religious socialist circles in the early twentieth century. Over the ensuing decades t...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2019
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Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-118 |
RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBC Doctrine of God |
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Theology
B God above God B Religious Socialism B Buber, Martin, 1878-1965 B I-Thou B Jewish B Friendship B Socialists B Dialogue B Particularism (Theology) B Lutheran B Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965 B Paul Tillich B Martin Buber B Existentialism |
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Summary: | Contrary to the image of great thinkers working in splendid isolation, two of the giants of twentieth century religious thought had a sustained and deep fr iendship. Martin Buber and Paul Tillich met in Germany in religious socialist circles in the early twentieth century. Over the ensuing decades they wrestled with the same profound theological questions, and the influence they had on each other may well be recognized in each man's oeuvre. They entered a deep religious conversation that transcended the ideological particularism of each man's own tradition, and left us an example of the profoundest kind of dialogue. |
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ISSN: | 2162-3937 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2019.0005 |